LANSDOWNE - A break-in and several fires that appeared to be intentionally set have caused serious damage and shut down Penn Wood High School, official said.

The school will be closed today and Friday.

Dispatched as an automatic fire alarm at 3:47 a.m., the fire was first located in the school's front lobby that then spread throughout the first floor.

Once firefighters got that fire under control, another fire was located in a classroom on the north side of the building, fire officials said.

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The school's front reception desk was reported as destroyed, and the front offices also sustained heavy damage. Multiple classrooms were damaged as well.

There were no reported injuries.

Although the cause of the fire is unknown, Lansdowne Fire Company Deputy Chief Wayne Worley confirmed that this was intentionally set, and that an entry in the back of the school was how the suspect got in.

"The police found a pried-open door ... but (police) did secure that door and stay with that. They stayed at every entry and exit door the whole time we were in there," said Worley.

Emergency crews found no one inside when they toured the building.

The school's security cameras will be used to look for clues, but a sudden cut-off of power to the room may have shut down the system. Worley is hoping footage was saved in the system's internal memory.

When fire crews entered the building, the fire was contained just to the front lobby and offices, which was then extinguished.

Worley then called in a second alarm and local fire companies were dispatched for manpower.

Ten minutes after the first fire was contained, a second fire was found on the north side of the building after firefighters heard an explosion.

"Our crews were reporting they heard a bang, so we're not really quite sure." said Worley. "That was the classroom they found on the north side, the field side."

The extent of the damage was enough for Lansdowne Fire Chief Wayne Worley to claim the school would be closed beyond the week.

"I would be really surprised if they got this school up and running before the school year's over," Worley said.

Aside from a few trashcan fires that have been sparingly reported, Worley said he has never reported to the school for a fire of this size.